Monday, October 23, 2017

So,
I have the pleasure of going to Paris several times a year as Inspector
for History-Geography--a special appointment and honor by the French
Ministry of Education. I provide pedagogical direction and historical
expertise to over 100 teachers from around the world--including the
U.S., France, Guyana, Canada, Ireland, Monaco, South Africa, the
Netherlands, Hong Kong, and China.

It's my great honor to serve in this capacity as Monsieur l'Inspecteur ... An official designation to which I naturally respond Mais oui!' (I happen to speak French fluently, having spent nearly five years in North Africa and then studying at a Lycée Français).

On
this last trip I brought Baby Lloyd with me and snapped a few photos in
the Jardin du Luxembourg, next to where my meetings take place. What a
beautiful public park! People sitting or strolling, taking in the
gorgeous gardens ... and the ever-glorious sun. While I'm usually only
in Paris for a few days, I always make sure to walk, and walk, and walk,
and walk, and walk ...

With Baby Lloyd in the Jardin du Luxembourg

Baby Lloyd says "Bonjour!" from the Jardin du Luxembourg

Baby Lloyd on a boulevard

Paris is like no other city in the world (but then again, no city is like any other in the world). Here are some photos during my meetings and--more aesthetically interesting--from my Saturday
evening stroll through the city ... overlooking the Seine, a view of
Notre Dame while crossing over the river, a statue of Thomas Jefferson
(who served as U.S. Ambassador to France on the eve of the Revolution), a
view of La Tour Eiffel as the leaves begin to turn, and a selfie as I
return to Greensboro, home sweet home ...

French Ministry of Education meeting

Overlooking the Seine

Notre Dame at night

U.S. Ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson

La Tour Eiffel in the autumn

Homeward Bound

Thank
you for letting me share this otherwise Honors student space ... and I
look forward to seeing you on our beautiful (no, stunning) UNCG campus
and city.

The UNCG Honors Program began in 1947, when UNCG was still the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, and initially had six students. In 1962, Chancellor Otis Singletary took a vestigial program and, with a grant from the Ford Foundation, instituted an Honors Program to provide incentive to 100 students. Ten years later, the Program had grown to 200 Honors students, who completed Honors courses and wrote a senior thesis. UNCG went co-ed in 1963, and the Honors Program continued under a series of directors until 2006, when it became Lloyd International Honors College (LIHC), with approximately 900 students doing International Honors, Disciplinary Honors, or both.

LIHC Links

Welcome to There Be Dragons

Welcome to There Be Dragons, the Lloyd International Honors College blog designed to take the LIHC community on adventures with students who are currently studying abroad. Departing students receive small red dragons that imitate the Welsh Dragon, Y Ddraig Goch, the mascot of the Lloyd International Honors College. The name There Be Dragons refers to the Latin phrase HC SUNT DRACONES (here are dragons), used on maps in the medieval period to indicate dangerous or uncharted waters or territories. Mapmakers of the medieval and Renaissance eras expanded the idea by including fantastical illustrations of dragons, sea serpents, and other monsters, as in Olaus Magnus' Carta Marina (1539), shown above. We don't want our dragons to stay "here" -- we want them to go "there" and tell tales about what they discover.Visit the links above to learn more about LIHC and study abroad at UNCG.